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Israel says struck Lebanon 1,100 times, killed 380 Hezbollah members

The Israeli military said on Friday it had carried out around 7,600 strikes in Iran and 1,100 in Lebanon since launching its joint operation with the United States against Tehran.

In Lebanon, it said it had struck 200 "missile and launcher targets" and around 35 command-and-control sites of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, and killed "more than 380 Hezbollah terrorists".

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Iran Guards say launched missile attacks on Israel with Hezbollah

Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced on Friday that they had launched missiles and drones at Israel in coordination with Lebanese Hezbollah.

The Guards said in a statement that the operation was part of its annual Quds Day, which is intended to show support for the Palestinian cause.

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Israeli strikes since March 2 have killed over 100 children in Lebanon

Israeli strikes have killed at least 773 people since March 2, the Lebanese health ministry said on Friday, as Israel vowed that Lebanon will pay an "increasing price" in damage to infrastructure.

"The total number of martyrs from March 2 to March 13 reached 773, and the number of wounded reached 1,933" including 103 children, the ministry said in its daily update.

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Aoun says no Israeli reply on offer to negotiate in Hezbollah war

President Joseph Aoun said Friday he had not received a response to his offer to negotiate directly with Israel to try to halt its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war last week when Iran-backed Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes.

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Israeli warplanes drop leaflets over Beirut, causing panic

Israeli planes dropping propaganda leaflets over Beirut on Friday caused a number of loud booms in the sky, terrifying residents of the Lebanese capital.

AFP correspondents heard four successive booms at short intervals, before clouds of paper leaflets appeared high in the air.

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Israel expands strikes on Lebanon, cuts bridge over Litani river

Israel expanded its strikes in Lebanon on Friday, targeting multiple areas including a bridge over the Litani river that it said Hezbollah had been using as a passageway for its fighters.

The raids came after Israel threatened to also carry out a ground operation to disarm Hezbollah if the Lebanese government does not do so.

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UN chief begins Lebanon visit, urges Hezbollah, Israel to 'stop the war'

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called on Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah to "stop the war" at the start of a visit to Beirut on Friday, as Israel expanded its strikes across the country.

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Australia orders all 'non-essential' officials to leave Lebanon

Australia has ordered all non-essential officials in Lebanon to leave, Canberra's foreign minister said Friday, after issuing the same command to diplomats in Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

In a post on X, top diplomat Penny Wong said they had been ordered to depart due to the "deteriorating security situation".

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Israel strikes Nabaa, Sidon's suburbs, south and east

The Israeli army warned Friday the residents of Dahieh to evacuate, as it struck several regions in Beirut and the country's south and east.

In Beirut, a strike targeted an apartment in Burj Hammoud's Nabaa, and another strike targeted a car in Jnah, a coastal neighborhood in southwestern Beirut, killing one person.

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon: Latest developments

Israel renewed its strikes on Beirut on Thursday, as it threatened to seize territory in Lebanon if Hezbollah did not stop its attacks.

The Israeli military announced "a wave of strikes targeting Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure across Beirut", with AFPTV footage showing dark smoke rising into the sky above two districts in the heart of Beirut.

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